diatonic

English

adj
Definitions
  • (music) Relating to or characteristic of a musical scale which contains seven pitches and a pattern of five whole tones and two semitones; particularly, of the major major or natural minor scales.

Etymology

Derived from French diatonique.

Origin

French

diatonique

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